COMMENTS:Just south of Mariposa, Semi-ghost.REMAINS: Many
original buildings.

It is said the Mormon Bar area is neglected
by historians. The reason dates back to a human skull unearthed
while a Mrs. Ellison was planting tomatoes in her garden. An
archeologist from Sacramento, after examining the skull and the
area, stated that all evidence pointed to a large village once
existed here, at least several hundred years before the white
man came to the area. Mrs. Ellison continued to unearth relics
of a bygone era but refused to allow them to be examined for
further classification. The Mormon Bar area is technically not
in the Mother Lode, thereby giving the town of Mariposa the distinction
of being the southern terminus of the Mother Lode. Submitted
by Henry Chenowith.